CountryBest June – September for hiking, December – March for snow
Switzerland
Alpine shelves and valley towns, where a cabin with a view usually means a real one.
The terrain does most of the work here — valley towns strung along roads that climb fast into the Alps, with year-round tourism split between summer hiking and winter snow. A stay perched on a shelf above a valley isn't a marketing conceit; the topography genuinely offers those spots.